Window-shade support.



.NQ 851,924. PATENTED APR. 30, 1901.

0. n. DIXSON & 0. L. HOWARD.

WINDOW SHADE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1906.

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CLARENCE U. DlXSON AND l'lAtjZLEb L. .tIUWAltD, U1 COLUMBUS, OHIO.

WINDOW-$HADE SUPPORT.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

fpplientinu tiled July13,1906i Serial No. 326,029.

Be it known that we, tn-tmmct: l'. l)tx- 'soN andtnmnacs li. HOWARD, (it lZtIis ot the United States, residing at ('olumbus, n the county of- Franklin and State ot' ()hio, have invented certain new and usel'ul lmprovements in Window-Shade Supports, ol' whieh the following is a specilication.

()ur invention relates to adjustable supports t'or window shades and the objects ot' our invention are to provide an improved support ot this class ot superior eonst rnet ion and arrangement of parts; to so onstruct and arrange the same as to admit ot' its ready adjustment tor the support ol' shades ot' dil terent widths; to so construct my improved support as to permit ol' the shade roller being .reversed when desired to eause the shade to roll either away t'ront or toward the window, and to produce other improvements the details ol' which will be more l'nlly pointed out hereinafter. .'lhese objet-ts i aceomplish in the manner illustrated in the arcompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view ol one ot our improved shade supports, and, Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section ol' the round hole or opening 8,

rigidly eonneeted therewith. ing block has formed inits upperside a vertieal recess 7 which adapted to receive the usual squared or angular end pin ot' a spring actuated shade roller. Adjacent to the reeess T. the block (3 is also provided with a the latter being adapted when the shade roller is reversed or turned end t'or end, to receive the round end bearing pin ol' tlte roller. The bracket 5 has l'ormed or rigidly connected withits rear side a rearwardly projecting threaded pin orholt t), which is adapted as shown in the drawing, to extend loosely throu'gh the slotted opening t of the projection 2 ol' the bracket support, the outer end ot said threaded pin or bolt having tixed thereon an tuilarged head which is of such size as to prevent the escape of the bolt or pin tt through the main portion of the slot 4. 'lhis pin or bolt head, however,

' is adapted to he inserted through the enlargement t of the slotted opening the bolt is moved into the n portion of the slot, and ad ti, after which arrower-or'main the bolt head thus apted. as shown, to bear against the inner l'ace ot' the projection 2.

same

showing for the sake of elearness in illustrat tion. a portion of one of the supporting brackets broken away.

Similar numerals ret'er throughout the several yiews.

Although but one ol' our improved shade supports will be described, it will be understood that one of t hese supports is adapted to be used on each side ol a window frame.

In carryingoul our invention, we empl y a shade bracket support which comprises an oblong strip t of metal or other suitable ma terial. 'lhis metal st rip is prorided throughout its length with a central projection .3 Wllitll l'orms on the rear side of the strip eentral longitudinal channel 3. Formed in the outer lace ot the pr ject ion is an elongated openingor slot 4, which at its outer end is enlarged asindieated at 4".

5 represents a shade supporting bracket, the body portion ot' which, is preterably shaped substantially in the term of a human hand, the upturned fingers and thumb of which suppott and have rigidly connected therewith a shade roller supporting or hearl bracket and the iroeetin ortion to similar parts? g each side of the window isaid projecting portion 2 Upon the threaded portion of the bracket belt or pin .t and between the body of the 2 of the support 1, we provide a nut H which when turned as shown in l i, 2, tightly against the outer face of the protection 2, serves to clamp ot' the support, tirmly between the nut and bolt head and thereby rigidly support the bracket 5.

it will readily be understood thatthe supporting strips 1 are adapted to be secured to the inner surl'aee ot' a window frame, one on and that although the drawing herein shown discloses the ant t gular reress 7 as being on the inner the block and the round outer side thereo'l', it will he understood that in the opposing block, the positions of this recess and opening are reversed. in order to bring the round opening in one shade supporting block o' 'iposite the S( uare 0r angular opening of the opposing block and thus pr0- vide for the reception of the'usual squared 1 and round end pins of a shade roller.

It will be obvious that shade supporting brackets such as herein described may be t readily adjusted with reference to the disportion of opening 8 as on the This: supportof the bracket, or tane between them by looseningthe nut 11 of either or both of thebrackets,

moving the belt or pin projection 9 to a new position in the slot 4; and again tightening the nut against the projection 2. a

W' dow shades are ordinarily so supported in the brackets as to provide'for the winding of the shade on to the roller from the rear side of the latter, but by pro vidin t, the shade roller snpporting blocks 6 with both the round and square openings 7 and 8, it will readily be understood that the shade roller may be reversed or turned end for end to admit of the shade being rolled on to the roller from the outer side of the latter.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that simple and ellicient means are herein provided for accomplishing the objects of the invention, but while the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve the purposes for whicl'i they are intended, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction setmay be made Within the scope of the ap; pended claims forth, but lnc'lude s Within its purview such changes as What we claim, is; j

In a device of the character described, the combination with a supporting member havin; flanges adapted to be secured to a Window frame and having a forwardly extending oil'- set portion in t l: front wall of which a keyhole slot is fornied, a shade roller supporting bracket carrying a rcarwardly extending headed member which is adapted to pass through the enlarged portion of the key-hole slot and to engage behind the i'ront Walls of the oll'sct portion, and a binding nut thread-' 'ed upon said headed member between the shade roller bracket and the front Wall of the ofl'set portion of the supporting member, said binding member being adapted to clamp said wall between itself and the head of the headed member.

In testimony whereof we allix our signatures in presence of; two witnesses.

- tllh' iltEXtlE U;DIXSON. Ul'lAliLllS ll. HOl/YARD. Witnesses:

CARL Srononron, A. L. PnnLPs. 

